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calibrate

[ kal-uh-breyt ]

verb (used with object)

, cal·i·brat·ed, cal·i·brat·ing.
  1. to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  2. to divide or mark with gradations, graduations, or other indexes of degree, quantity, etc., as on a thermometer, measuring cup, or the like.
  3. to determine the correct range for (an artillery gun, mortar, etc.) by observing where the fired projectile hits.
  4. to plan or devise (something) carefully so as to have a precise use, application, appeal, etc.:

    a sales strategy calibrated to rich investors.



calibrate

/ ˈkælɪˌbreɪt /

verb

  1. to measure the calibre of (a gun, mortar, etc)
  2. to mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that readings can be made in appropriate units
  3. to determine the accuracy of (a measuring instrument, etc)
  4. to determine or check the range and accuracy of (a piece of artillery)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


calibrate

/ kălə-brāt′ /

  1. To check, adjust, or standardize a measuring instrument, usually by comparing it with an accepted model.
  2. To measure the diameter of the inside of a tube.


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Derived Forms

  • ˌcaliˈbration, noun
  • ˈcaliˌbrator, noun
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Other Words From

  • cal·i·bra·tion [kal-, uh, -, brey, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • cal·i·bra·tor cal·i·brat·er noun
  • re·cal·i·brate verb (used with or without object) recalibrated recalibrating
  • un·cal·i·brat·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of calibrate1

First recorded in 1860–65; calib(e)r + -ate 1
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Example Sentences

It adapted measures every seven days to calibrate the blow to the wounded economy.

From Fortune

So your default position might be that you should use all of that data to calibrate your estimates of uncertainty, rather than to try to predict under which conditions polls might be more or less reliable.

Instead, they take to the streets when they think something is going seriously wrong in the city—and particularly in its carefully calibrated relationship with Beijing.

From Quartz

Also, we’ve found that FiveThirtyEight’s models — including our election forecasts since they were first published in 2008 — have been well calibrated over time.

Yuriy Boykiv, the president of DentsuX, said that while some fashion brands are “still calibrating” their spending, spending on digital and e-commerce have increased.

From Digiday

As a result of this book it is now much easier to calibrate the nature, range, and methods of the mogul.

You do that to a certain extent with performance capture by the way you calibrate the model of Caesar—or the rig, as we call it.

I am here to correct and calibrate your morale compasses to true north.

There may be a lesson for the Obama administration as it tries to calibrate what Israel will do on Iran.

Still, the committee urges the United States to more carefully calibrate its policy toward Pakistan.

A house, or some such landmark which is shewn on our trench maps, is usually chosen to calibrate upon.

How would you know that the weights you used to calibrate your scale were really what you thought them to be?

It would be more correct to calibrate it in units of air pressure.

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